This year, hunters can help the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) monitor the status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state’s big game population by having deer and elk tested — for free. Through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), KDWP is able Read more
WORLAND— Hunters keeping track of where Chronic Wasting Disease has been discovered can now add another Big Horn Basin deer hunt area to their list—Fifteen Mile or deer hunt area 125. A mature male mule deer, harvested along Gooseberry Creek southwest of Worland, tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), Read more
HARRISBURG – While there continues to be no known cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, joined by veterinarians and laboratory technicians from the Pennsylvania and U.S. departments of Agriculture, will, once again, step up its efforts next week to verify that fact. “Currently, Read more
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) will host the 3rd International Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Symposium in the summer of 2009, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. It will be held July 22-24, 2009, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Park City, Utah. Utah is the westernmost state Read more
North Dakota’s Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program in the eastern third of the state is off to a good start, as nearly 500 deer have been sampled for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. “The cooperation from hunters has been truly remarkable,” said Dr. Erika Butler, wildlife veterinarian for the Game and Read more
LARAMIE – A cow elk near Encampment and two mule deer near Kaycee have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) marking the first time either area has had positive tests for elk or deer in those hunt areas. CWD is a brain disease known to affect some moose, deer Read more
Prohibiting chronic wasting disease (CWD) from entering Georgia is a continuous effort. This fatal disease attacks the nervous system of cervids (e.g. deer, elk and moose) and to date has been detected in 14 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. With big game hunting seasons underway across much of the Read more
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2007 hunting season by sampling deer from units in the eastern third of the state. Samples from hunter-harvested deer will be tested for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis from units: 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed animals in a white-tail deer herd and two elk hunt operations in Saskatchewan have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). As a result, the CFIA has quarantined a white-tail deer herd and an elk hunt operation in the Prince Albert area along Read more
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will continue surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) by taking random samples from hunter-killed deer on certain Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) and on private lands through a cooperative effort with landowners this fall. The disease has never been documented in Louisiana or Read more